Neal Barnard, M.D.Quotations Archive From all-creatures.org

This Quotations Archive contains words from famous and some
not so famous people who have expressed a sense of love, compassion, and respect
for all of God's creation: for people, for animals, and for the environment.
They speak of our teaching methods and philosophy. They speak of a
lifestyle of non-violence. They seek to eliminate cruelty and
suffering. They seek to wake us up. They seek to give us hope.

"Surprisingly, hearing the truth—even very loudly—has little effect on
human behavior. Culture, not truth, dictates most people’s actions. And
that’s understandable. If a sheep had to decide whether a low growl really
was a wolf, calculate the likelihood of an attack and estimate the wolf’s
running speed, he’d be eaten before he could figure out what to do. Instead,
he follows the fleeing herd. People are much the same. If a doctor points
out that this Stone Age habit of meat-eating causes heart disease, colon
cancer, and many other problems, people are not likely to look up the
research studies, consider the evidence, or take any action whatsoever. They
are likely to do what they see their friends and family doing because their
brains are hardwired to find safety in what numbers of people do. But the
situation is not hopeless. It means that we have to work to change our
culture in all its facets: we need to show scientific evidence, get
celebrities and thought-leaders involved, make movies, and do everything
else to show that our culture now embraces plant-based diets. That’s what
happened with smoking, and eventually, we reached the tipping point. We’ll
get there with food, too."

"The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the
wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents
combined. If beef is your idea of "real food for real people" you'd better
live real close to a real good hospital."

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